Mashallah News met with Mouna Mouna al-Moutamassik from the Democratic Association of Moroccan women (ADFM), to talk about gender equality.

Ahmed Abulhassan’s bleak Facebook note of an article about him featured in the Cairo newspaper al-Wafd, mixing fiction with barely any reality.

Syrian workers in Beirut – dubbed “the phoenix” for its unfaltering ability to rise from the ashes – where the construction and re-construction never ends.

وفي الآونة الأخيرة، انتشرت ظاهرة المسلسلات التركية إلى أبعد بكثير من المناطق الداخلية لتركيا وغير أن نجاحها الأكبر كان في العالم العربي.

Lately, the Turkish soap operas, musalsalat, have spread far beyond the country’s borders. And their most impressive success is in the Arab world.

Lebanon’s Malikah is putting hip hop on the regional map.

In Egypt, there is a word for counterculture: Wust El-Balad, Arabic for downtown. The word has very specific semantics in Cairo.

This short film tells the story of a 15-year-old Moroccan who is the only heavy metal fan in his town Essaouira, known for its traditional Gnaoua Music Festival.

Tanya Traboulsi is a staunch supporter of the Lebanese underground scene. She also represents it: for years, she has been taking pictures of its development.

From far away, the giant red plastic structure resembles the architecture of classic fast food joint. But the place, formerly known as Hollywood, is not about eating. After reopening its doors in 2010, the status of a dynamic downtown Algiers cultural hub has been regained. The Rock Isn’t Fun festival takes place just next to the […]